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4A Daily News – Saturday, August 13, 2011 Agriculture & farm Two more ranchers have report- ed they are missing six pair of cattle this spring in Tehama County. The reward for information leading to the arrest of one person or persons responsible for the theft of Owens cattle has been raised to $20,000 with the addition of $8,000 from Bently AgriDynamics. John Owens, Tehama County Cattlemen, Lee Loverin, California Cattlemen offered the original $ 12,000. Tip-line 1-800-671-4327, or 530-520-9399 or 530-527-6332. Last week I was in Orlando, Fla. for the 2011 Cattle Industry Sum- mer Conference. Keynote speaker was Herman Cain who addressed his views of the global and domes- tic food and economic outlook, agriculture and his experience in food marketing. His background was interesting since his father and mother used sweat equity to buy a house for their family working three jobs, barber, janitor and chauffeur. The three jobs were for food, rent on a duplex, and saving for a house. After completing his master’s degree from Purdue, Cain left the Navy and began working for Coca- Cola as a business analyst. In 1977, he joined Pillsbury as vice presi- dent, then left to manage 400 stores for Burger King — a Pillsbury subsidiary where his region went from the least profitable to the most profitable in three years. Pillsbury then appointed him presi- dent/CEO of Godfa- ther’s Pizza. Within 14 months, Cain returned Godfather’s to prof- itability. In 1988, Cain and a group of investors bought Godfather’s from Pillsbury and continued as CEO until 1996, when he resigned to become CEO of the National Restaurant Association — a trade and lobby organization for the restaurant industry. Cain became a member of the board of directors to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in 1992 and served as its chairman from January 1995 to August 1996. He said cattlemen are the vic- tims of over regulation and govern- ment intrusion into the private marketplace. Specifically, he men- tioned the Environmental Protec- tion Agency (EPA). “EPA has gone wild, with frivo- lous lawsuits.” Regulating dust at levels that are twice as stringent as current levels. “EPA needs reined- in. Who knows best the overreach of EPA than those who have been abused by EPA.” Courtesy photo Downtown Disney Marketplace had Disney memorabilia as well as themed dining, and entertainment. Melanie Fowle, Barbara Cowley, Jean Barton tried on some hats. Current policies won’t work; can’t spend way to prosperity. “We must secure the border. Ranchers are being killed. We need to enforce laws that are already in place. We also have to oppose rules and laws that allow the gov- ernment to control private business. We must let the market decide.” Melanie Fowle, Bar- Jean Barton bara Cowley, Tami McEl- roy and I had gone a day early for a bit of sightsee- ing since Barbara’s son lives in Florida and could navigate the freeways, tollways and traffic. When I saw Disney’s Town of Celebration I thought of Tehama Coun- ty Branding effort when we saw people eating outdoors, colorful store signs and sale items on the sidewalks. The brochure read: “Celebration evokes a turn-of-the- 20th-century small town with Walt Disney touches; cobblestone streets, brightly-colored cafes and shops, art deco signs.” The Downtown Disney Market- place was packed with people, and you could hear traces of unfamiliar languages, since we were there on Saturday night after the parks closed. It is a waterfront shopping, themed dining and entertainment center. There were celebrity restaurants, Cirque du Soleil and shopping. The World of Disney store is the world‚s largest Disney character shop. It had anything you Mark and Brenda Alderson of Gerber were among more than 130 dairy farmers and industry leaders recently gathered for Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.’s (DFA) annual Western Area Summer Meeting, held in Modesto In addition to networking with fellow dairy farmers and industry leaders, attendees had the opportunity to hear updates on cooperative business and issues affect- were looking for, as well as Bibbi- di Bobbidi Boutique, a salon for young girls to be made up like a Disney princess. T-Rex Café featured life-size dinosaurs, where Melanie found something for her grandson in the shopping area. Pleasure Island included the Harley-Davidson store as well as shopping, dining and entertainment. Sunday we visited Kennedy Space Center. The Shuttle Launch Experience was a journey of verti- cally launching into space and orbiting earth aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle, which was worth standing in line for. We toured the Rocket Garden, with the different rockets on display. Had our picture taken with a spaceperson. From the visitors center you board busses for a view of the shut- tle launch pads from the four-story LC 39-Obersation Gantry. My favorite was at the Apollo/Saturn V Center, when we walked beneath the 363-foot Saturn V rocket and watched Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon. Newspaper clippings of that event in history were on a wall. I had counted at least 25 buses to shuttle us from location to location, available every 15 min- utes. Again there were many visi- tors from over-seas. We concluded the day eating outdoors on the patio with fans blowing, live Caribbean music and delicious food at Bahama Breeze on International Drive. Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton@theskybeam.com. Dairy farmers attend summer meeting in Modesto ing the dairy industry. Rick Smith, DFA president and chief executive offi- cer, provided a national perspective on the cooperative’s business. Attendees also heard Western Area updates. DFA’s Western Area represents 343 member dairy farms, producing 7 billion pounds of milk annually. The geographic area is divided into 10 districts and serves California, Nevada and extends into parts of Arizona. Changing of the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Seasons Saturday, August 27th @ 10am Shopping 101 Saturday, September 3rd @ 10am Fall Sale Please call to reserve a seat LIC #808524 Call For Free Information Toll-Free (800) 464-1403 or (530) 365-1403 6183 MEISTER WAY ANDERSON, CA 96007 (530) 365-1403 • (800) 464-1403 Red Bluff Garden Center 527-0886 766 Antelope Blvd. (Next to the Fairground) COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR All makes and models. We perform dealer recommened 30K, 60K, 90K SERVICES AT LOWER PRICES Smog Check starting at $ (most cars and pick-ups) 2595 + cert. Pass or FREE retest 527-9841 • 195 S. Main St. Local breeders recognized for owning proven bulls Several Tehama County breeders were recognized in the Fall 2011 Sire Evaluation Report by the American Angus Association. Tehama Angus Ranch of Gerber owns 15 bulls list- ed in the 2011 Fall Sire Evaluation Report published by the American Angus Association in Saint Joseph, Mo. David J Holden and Byrd Cattle Company LLC, both of Red Bluff, each own one bull listed in the report Issued in both the spring and fall, the new report fea- tures the latest performance information available on 5,921 sires, and is accessible at www.angussire- search.com. . “This report provides both Angus breeders and com- mercial cattle producers using Angus genetics with accurate, predictable selection tools for improving their herd,” says Sally Northcutt, genetic research director. Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) are generated from the performance database of the American Angus Association, which includes information submitted by nearly 9,000 Angus breeders this past year through the Association’s Beef Improvement Records (BIR) pro- gram. The Fall 2011 evaluation includes recent additions of Heifer Pregnancy EPDs and genomic-enhanced calving ease EPDs. The calving ease genomic update joins an already impressive list of genomic-enhanced EPDs for growth, carcass, residual average daily gain, and docility. Decision-making tools also include $Val- ues, the suite of bio-economic indexes designed to assist commercial producers in simplifying the genetic selection process. The semi-annual analysis for the Sire Evaluation Report utilizes more than 20 million measures to gen- erate nearly 59 million EPDs for the Angus breed. The American Angus Association with headquarters in Saint Joseph, Mo., provides programs and services for nearly 30,000 members nationwide and thousands of commercial producers who use Angus genetics. Go to www.angus.org for more information. ranch Cattle Industry Summer Conference